Good question. The answer varies wildly depending on who you’re reading…or watching. Arthur has been depicted in hundreds of books and movies, TV and more and it seems that each variation has endowed a different enemy upon the hapless Arthur. The variety and shape of his enemies runs the gamut from himself, family in-fighting, magical […]
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The New York Times newspaper was first published and has been continuously in print since September 18, 1851. That’s 162 years…not too shabby for a newspaper, especially in this age of Internet news. The NYT is the third largest newspaper in the United States, and in its 162 year history it has won 112 Pulitzer
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For the longest time, medieval historical periods have been the favourite playground for romance writers – lords and ladies, knights, kings and queens and all the derring-do and darling, don’t, along with some really frightening civil wars led by slightly crazy to downright deranged princes and military advisors. It’s the stuff of…oh, yeah. Books. Personally,
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Ninety-one years ago today, in 1922, the House of Bishops of the United States Protestant Episcopal Church voted 36-27 to delete the word ‘obey’ from the marriage service. It was a major change to the marriage vows. Interestingly, the Anglican church gave, and still gives, couples a choice over their wording and the woman’s choice
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Los Angeles was founded on September 4, 1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve. Today is L.A.’s 232nd birthday. It has been a possession of Spain and Mexico before being purchased by the United States. I’ve never had the pleasure of visiting the city, although I’ve spent long hours in the L.A. airport lounges, waiting
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I have always wondered why the Secret Service was part of the U.S. Treasury Department — it did not compute logically for me. Now I know. The Secret Service Division was created 148 years ago, on July 5, 1865 in Washington, D.C., to suppress counterfeit currency. Chief William P. Wood was sworn in by Secretary
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Here where I live (Alberta, Canada) it’s the summer solstice — as it is for the rest of the northern hemisphere. For everyone who is south of the equator, it is the winter solstice. In the pagan wheel of the year the summer solstice is the time of Litha and the winter solstice is that
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For the Canucks amongst us, Happy Victoria Day. Enjoy the sunshine (if it’s sunny — not always a given, especially in my neck of the woods) and I hope your long weekend has been fabulous. This is one of those rare years when Canada’s Victoria Day and the US Memorial Day weekend don’t coincide. The
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When Mt. St. Helens blew its top thirty-three years ago today, the explosion was so powerful, it was 1,600 times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. Despite weeks of warning earthquakes and the extraordinary work of geologists who had kept the public away from the volcano despite tourism pressure, fifty-seven people died in the resulting explosions,
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